I don’t think it matters that you have dawn phenomenon/sunrise syndrome. If you’re testing once a day to keep tabs on your diabetes, then it will be the trends you want to see, so as long as you’re consistent about when you test, you will see the trends.I have been advised to check sugar once daily. Morning was suggested but I suffer from ‘sunrise syndrome’
so the reading would be skewed upwards and not a true reflection of the number. I don’t normally test except for a 3 month A1C because up and down numbers upsets me and causes me to lose hope and motivation to try at all.
What was your breakfast?Morning sugar 7.2 really good. Two hours after breakfast it is 12. How long will it take to go down and to I have to not eat until it goes down or change what I eat for breakfast. What is an acceptable rise after a meal?
Well, that depends on what you ate for breakfast, probably. The standard advice is (if diabetic) that before eating your BG should be between 4 and 7mmol/l: two hours after eating your BG should be under 8.5 and no more than 2mmol/l higher than your first baseline reading.Morning sugar 7.2 really good. Two hours after breakfast it is 12. How long will it take to go down and to I have to not eat until it goes down or change what I eat for breakfast. What is an acceptable rise after a meal?
If testing unsettles you, then it's not beneficial to daily life.I have been advised to check sugar once daily. Morning was suggested but I suffer from ‘sunrise syndrome’
so the reading would be skewed upwards and not a true reflection of the number. I don’t normally test except for a 3 month A1C because up and down numbers upsets me and causes me to lose hope and motivation to try at all.
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